Elisa Rego
| Elisa Rego | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Elisa Pérez Rego |
| Born |
21 May 1964 Sao Paulo City, Brazil |
| Origin | Caracas City, Venezuela |
| Genres | Latin pop, acoustic rock, neo soul, R&B, electronic rock, experimental pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer songwriter musician |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels |
Sonografica Records (1988) EMI-Rodven (1991–1995) Jardin Digital, C.A. (2005) Anes Records (2009) |
| Associated acts |
Mecano ES-3 Franco De Vita Ricardo Montaner Melissa Karina Colina Témpano Los Amigos Invisibles Caramelos de Cianuro Aditus |
| Website |
MySpace.com Facebook.com |
Elisa Pérez Rego, better known in music world simply as, Elisa Rego, is a singer, songwriter and radio host. She was born in São Paulo city, Brazil, on 21 May 1964. Since her youth she has been based in Caracas, Venezuela.
Elisa Rego started her career in music as a singer in various nightspots in Caracas. She was the lead singer in the underground rock group ES-3, a band composed of: Gerardo Ubieda on drums and electronic percussion, Jose Ignacio Martin (a.k.a.: Chuo) on keyboards, guitars Moros Enrique Rafael Figlioulo on bass and Elisa as lead vocalist.
ES-3 was a band that became well known in Caracas' musical nights as they did versions of other singers songs, especially by doing covers of songs by Mecano, the Spanish techno-pop group of the 1980s. They were so well known for their covers of Mecano that when the Spanish trio visited Venezuela in 1986, the newspaper Últimas Noticias published an article that claimed that "ES-3 did famous to Mecano" [sic], referring to the fact that the public was already familiar with the repertoire of the Spanish music group long before they set foot on Venezuelan soil.
ES-3 disintegrated when Elisa began to make preparations to launch her solo singing career, but her first studio album featured some of the musicians from ES-3. The only song on this first solo album in which all the members of ES-3 were present was: "Noche De Fiesta" ("Night of Party"). It was something a song of farewell to ES-3.
Once separated from ES-3, Gerando Ubieda and José Ignacio Martín become drummer and keyboardist respectively Témpano group, Venezuelan group of alternative rock in the late 1980s, and then specifically in 1988, Elisa signs her first contract with the label which records Sonografica with her first studio album titled simply: Elisa Rego for the characteristics of how it is structured, we can consider it as a mini-album as it only consists of eight songs, unusual thing for the time recording productions, where the LP usually featuring at least ten music themes.
The musical style of the first album we can frame it within the techno-rock trend. As the first promotional single on radio extracted the song titled "Libre de ti" ("I am Free of You") song with very good results at the level of public acceptance by the juvenile and adult contemporary. Following this first hit and after a while they released the second promotional theme, the song titled "Blanco Y Negro" ("White and Black"), a song that is a classic in the repertoire of the singer, was also the first song she is chosen as the ending theme in some television programs. The third single to be taken from this first album becomes a song entitled "Selva" ("Forest") which is a techno-ballad with a rhythm-slow and cadenced very nice with a surreal lyrics interesting. Worth mentioning that "Selva" was second of two issues of Elisa Rego used as the ending-theme in telenovela Abigail starring Catherine Fullop and Fernando Carrillo. This song occupied the top positions in the Record Report helping to consolidate her seat of favoritism within public taste radio-listening. The fourth and final single for the radio promotion extracted was "Como tú" ("Like You") a minimalist ballad instrumentally speaking, has had some shooting on the radio, but not with the strength of the first two singles.
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